Lara Sevanne Shekerdemian, MB ChB, MD, MHA

Professor and Chair

Email

lssheker@texaschildrens.org

Positions

Professor and Chair: Ralph D. Feigin Endowed Chair of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Pediatrician In-Chief: Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

TCH - West Tower (Office): 6621 Fannin st.
Houston, 77030
United States

Education

Fellowship at Hospital for Sick Children: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Pediatric Intensive Care

Fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children: London, England; Pediatric Intensive Care

M.B.,Ch.B. from Birmingham University: 01/1990 - England, United Kingdom

MHA from La Trobe University: 06/2009 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Research Fellowship at Royal Brompton Hospital: London, England; Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care

Certifications

FCICM: Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand

FRCPCH: Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

MRCP: Member of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK

FRACP: Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

FAAP: Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Honors & Awards

2022 Anthony Chang Award for contributions to Cardiac Critical Care: Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society

2025 Distinguished Career Award, Section of Critical Care: American Academy of Pediatrics

Professional Interests

Long term outcomes after critical illness
Extracorporeal life support
Cardiac Intensive Care
Brain Injury and Neurodevelopmental impairment after cardiac surgery

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Follow on LinkedIn

PubMed Publications

Videos

Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Paul Klotman invites Dr. Lara Shekerdemian to discuss Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.

Selected Publications

Ontaneda AM, Coss-Bu JA, Kennedy C, Akcan-Arikan A, Fernandez E, Lasa JJ, Price JF, Shekerdemian LS.. " Post-operative dysnatremia is associated with adverse early outcomes after surgery for congenital heart disease " Pediatr Res.. 2023 Aug ; 94 (2) : 611-617.
Pubmed PMID: 36707662.
O'Connor TM, Guaman MC, Randell KA, Keenan HT, Snowden J, Mack JW, Camp EA, Perez O, Chang ML, Myers AL, Nigrovic LE, O'Toole J, Reed JL, Reese J, Rosenberg AR, Slater AC, Wootton SH, Ziniel SI, Yost HJ, Murray KO, Shekerdemian L, Chumpitazi CE.. " Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric faculty: a report from nine academic institutions " Pediatr Res.. 2023 Jul 15;
Pubmed PMID: 37454186.
Ross CE, Burns JP, Grossestreuer AV, Bhattarai P, McKiernan CA, Franks JD, Lehmann S, Sorcher JL, Sharron MP, Wai K, Al-Wahab H, Boukas K, Hall MW, Ru G, Sen AI, Rajasekhar HR, Kl, Munoz-Rivas F, Osborne CMeinman LC, McGuire, Arrington, Shekerdemian LS.. " Trends in Disease Severity Among Critically Ill Children With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study in the United States " Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023 Jan 1; 24 (1) : 25-33.
Pubmed PMID: 36516349.
Pande CK, Noll L, Afonso N, Serrano F, Monteiro S, Guffey D, Puri K, Achuff BJ, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian L.. " Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants With Cardiac Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury " Ann Thorac Surg.. 2022 Dec ; 114 (6) : 2347-2354.
Pubmed PMID: 35346625.
Erklauer JC, Thammasitboon S, Shekerdemian LS, Riviello JJ, Lai YC.. " Creating a Robust Community of Practice as a Foundation for the Successful Development of a Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program. " Pediatr Neurol.. 2022 Nov ; 136 : 1-7.
Pubmed PMID: 36029730.
Krennerich EC, Graf JM, Shekerdemian LS, D'Ambrosio D, McPherson ML.. " Enhanced Efficiency in Pediatric Interfacility Transport Through a Centralized Hospital System Communication Center. " Pediatr Crit Care Med.. 2022 Sep 1; 23 (9) : e408-e415.
Pubmed PMID: 36053040.
Alali A, O'Neil E, Anders M, Abella J, Shekerdemian LS, Vogel TP, Sexson Tejtel K, Tume SC.. " Vasoplegic Shock Represents a Dominant Hemodynamic Profile of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Following COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents " Pediatr Crit Care Med.. 2022 Jul 1; 23 (6) : e295-e299.
Pubmed PMID: 35357347.
Lasa JJ, Alali A, Anders M, Tume SC, Muscal E, Tejtel SKS, Shekerdemian L.. " Cardiovascular sequelae from COVID-19: perspectives from a paediatric cardiac ICU " Cardiol Young.. 2022 May ; 37 (4) : 385-393.
Pubmed PMID: 35197133.
Kanthimathinathan HK, Pollak U, Shekerdemian L.. " Paediatric intensive care challenges caused by indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic " Intensive Care Med.. 2021 Jun ; 47 (6) : 698-700.
Pubmed PMID: 33904948.
Bavare A, Rissmiller B, Devaraj S, Guffey D, Rajapakshe D, Weiner H, Caldarone C, Shekerdemian L. " Perioperative Procalcitonin in Predicting Infection in Children Undergoing Surgical Procedures " J Surg Res. 2021 ; 258 : 332-338.
Pubmed PMID: 33131765.
Shekerdemian LS, Mahmood NR, Wolfe KK, Riggs BJ, Ross CE, McKiernan CA, Heidemann SM, Kleinman LC, Sen AI, Hall MW, Priestley MA, McGuire JK, Boukas K, Sharron MP, Burns JP;. " International COVID-19 PICU Collaborative. Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units. " JAMA Pediatr.. 2020 Sep 1; 174 (9) : 868-873..
Pubmed PMID: 32392288.
Alexander PMA, Akcan-Arikan A, Shekerdemian LS.. " Another Outcome Lost to the Benefits of Levosimendan? " Pediatr Crit Care Med.. 2019 Oct ; 20 (10) : 992-994.
Pubmed PMID: 31580276.

Memberships

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK): Fellow

Society of Critical Care Medicine: Member

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society: Member

College of Intensive Care Medicine: Member

American Academy of Pediatrics: Fellow

Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Collaborative: Member

Languages

Armenian, French, Spanish